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Plants can be divided into two types: flowering plants and non-flowering
plants. The are many flowering plants such as the rose, daisy, tulip and
others. Non-flowering plants include coniferous trees such as the pine
and spruce.

Both types of plants follow a similar process of growth. Plants have both male pollen
and female parts of the flower. Pollen from a plant is carried by the
wind, or by insects, to fertilize the female parts of the plant. Once
fertilized, a cone or seed is produced that is capable of creating a new plant.

Many plants, such as grass, weeds and even large
pine trees, rely on the wind for pollination. The pollen is small and light,
allowing it to be blown by the wind. The pollen lands on other plants a
fertilizes them.

Worker bees collect pollen and nectar from flowers in order to
create the wax they need to build their hive. The queen bee creates the wax in her abdomen,
which she uses to build chambers or cells where she lays her eggs.

In the process of building their hive, bees play a very important role
pollenating flowers and plants. As a bee gathers nectar from a flower,
tiny grains of pollen will stick to its hairy legs and body. When the
bee flies to another flower for nectar, the pollen on its legs and body
brushes off to help furtilize the flower.